With all the different car-sharing services now available in the Portland area, I wanted to find out what draws people to car-sharing and what they do and don't like about it. Here are the pros and cons listed by about a dozen people who shared their thoughts with OPB's Public Insight Network.

Staff planners are now saying they’ve changed more than a dozen aspects of the proposal – addressing concerns about health impacts, flood plains, and plans for a neighborhood park, among other things. But it still lacks support from the Port of Portland and long-time critics.

Climb aboard a 609-foot bulk carrier with me, EarthFix reporter Katie Campbell and Columbia River Pilot Capts. Anne McIntyre and Charles Dobbins. It's the kind of ship companies could use to transport U.S. coal to Asia – and in fact it has carried coal before.

I've been keeping a mental list of the growing number of things you can get delivered by bike: Office supplies, mattresses, Christmas trees (though I hear that company has called it quits) … I even got my bike fixed by a bike repair man who came to my house via bike.

A new company is trying to woo Portlanders who don't drive very much with pay-per-mile car insurance. MetroMile, of Redwood City, Calif., has been offering its unique insurance plans only in Portland since December.

A company called Better Place has been testing out a switchable battery model for electric cars in Israel, Denmark and Australia. The trouble is, despite raising nearly $1 billion in venture capital, the company is struggling to make a profit.

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